Burglar-proof compartment for railway-cars, &amp;c.



PATENTED JULY '7, 1903.

c. ZIMMERMAN. BURGLAR PROOF GOMPARTMENT FOR RAILWAY CARS, 6w.

' APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1903.

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PATENTED JULY 7, 1903.

A ,0. ZI'MMERMAN; BURGLAR PROOF GOMP'ARTMENT FOR RAILWAY GARS,&c.

APPLIOATI'ON FILED AFR. 3. 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

OASPER ZIMMERMAN, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOI ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T CHARLESANDERSON AND J. M. KNADLE, OF VIENNA, SOUTH DAKOTA.

BURGLAR-PROOF COMPARTMENT FOR RAILWAY-CARS, ac.

SPECIFICATION forming Part of Letters Patent No. 732,989, dated'il'uly'7, 1903.

Application filed April 3, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that .I, CASPER ZIMMERMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Burglar-ProofCompartments for Railway-Oars, &c.; and I do declare thefollowing to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others Skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same,reference I being had to the accompanying drawings, and

to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in'burglar-proofapparatus for use in connection with tenders of locomotives,express-cars, an; and it comprises a cylindrical compartment which isadapted to be mounted upon the car and made of suitable metal to resistfiring, bullets, dynamite, &c., and having a rolling or sliding doormounted within the compartment, whereby a person mayeasilyen ter thecompartment and close the door behind him, making it difficult I to openthe door from the outside, while the surrounding wall of the compartmentis provided with port-holes, whereby the operator may fire uponintruders with perfect safety. The invention consists, further, invarious details of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specificallydefined in the appended claims. I

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a Side elevation of a locomotive and tender, showing myimproved burglarproof compartment thereon. Fig. 2 is a view of anexpress-car, showing a slight modification ofmy device as appliedthereto. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailview through thecompartment shownas applied to express-cars.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the form shown on the tender of alocomotive. Fig 5 is a sectional view through a portion of thecompartment, Showing the manner of mounting the sliding door onball-bearings. Fig. 6 is an enlarged side elevation of the compart-Serial No. 150,985. (No model.)

ment, and Fig. Tisa cross-sectional view on line [7 of Fig. 3..

Reference now being had to the det-ailsof the drawings by letter, Bdesignates the tender of a locomotive, and A the cylindrical wall of aburglar-proofcompartment, having an opening 0 of sufficient size toallow a person to enter and hasa flanged top D. .Mounted within saidcompartment is a door F,which ismouuted to slide upon the rollers E,adetail of which is shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, said rollers Ebeing mounted upon a flange H and held in place by means of thecylindrical flange I. Said door is made on the arc of a cylinder andwhen closed completes a cylindrical wall to the compartment. Saidcompartment is made, preferably, of heavy steel or other metal and has aflange A'- at its bottom, held to the floor of the tender by means ofthe bolts or rivets. K, and port-holes N are disposed in the door ofsaid compartment and also about the cylindrical wall, as shown, wherebythe occupant of the compartment may open fire in different directionsupon intruders. j V

In the drawings I have shown the compartment as provided with a suitablepadding J.

In Figs. 2 and 3 I have shown aslight modification of my device asapplied to an express car, and in said figures I have shown the Samegeneral construction of compartment, excepting a cylindrical portion Mprojects through the side of the car and is provided with a plurality ofport-holes M about the surface of the hemispherical member 0. (Clearlyshown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.) Said cylindrical projection M is ofsuflicient size to allow an opera-tors head to enter the same for thepurpose of looking down the length of the car on the outside, thusallowing the operator to tire through any of the port-holes therein.

In operating my improved burglar-proof compartment for cars it is the.purpose to have the operator enter the compartment, draw the doorclosed, and lock the same from the inside, and being provided withfirearms he will be able through the port-holes to re- .sist and repelthe attack of would-be burglars or robbers. As the compartment is made,preferably, of heavy metal, the same will resist the attack of bullets,and the occupant will be free from bodily injury when attacked.

. While I have shown a particular construction of burglar-proofapparatus, it will be understood that I may make alterations in thedetailed construction of the same without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A burglar-proof compartment for cars, com prisin ga cylindricalmetallic shell having aflangedbottomadaptedto be bolted to the car, adoor made on, the arc of a cylinder, a flange, a cylindrical shellmounted within said compartment, series of balls on which said doorrests, and a flanged member holding said balls in place, the surroundingwall of said compartment having suitable port-holes, as setforth.

2. A burglar-proof compartment for cars, comprising a cylindrical shellhaving flanges at its lower end adapted to be bolted to the floor of thecar, a door made on the are of a cylinder adapted to conform to thecylindrical outline of said compartment, a cylindrical projection fromthe compartment, a hemispherical member with port-holes therein, securedto the outer end of said cylindrical projection, the latter adapted topass through an aperture in the side of a car, and command a Viewforward and rearward, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CASPER ZIMMERMAN. Witnesses:

A. L. HOUGH,

FRANKLIN H. HOUGH.

